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Until postgres recently ported to windows, firebird was the most powerful cross-platform db and Until PostgreSQL was recently ported to windows, Firebird was the most powerful cross-platform database and
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Not as actively developed as postgres. Not as actively developed as PostgreSQL.

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General Information

URL

http://firebird.sourceforge.net/

licence
Interbase Public License, Initial Developer Public License
platforms

Unix, win32, MacOs

DB API 2.0 Drivers

KInterbasdb

URL

http://kinterbasdb.sourceforge.net/

licence
BSD-like
platforms
Unix, win32
Python versions
1.5.2 - 2.4

Extensions to DB API

In addition to the minimal feature set of the standard Python DB API, KInterbasDB also exposes nearly the entire native client API of the database engine, including two-phase commit, server-side events, and an administrative API.

Comments

Programming Model

Comments

Supported Python Applications

Pros

Until PostgreSQL was recently ported to windows, Firebird was the most powerful cross-platform database and may still be the most stable.

Cons

Web site is hopeless. Not as actively developed as PostgreSQL.

Firebird (last edited 2020-12-13 14:33:35 by mariuz)

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